USD Resumes Bullish Momentum After Last Weeks Inflation Data

US inflation cooled off a little in July as last week's reports showed, but the USD has turned bullish again after a small retreat

Chinese stock markets have had the best week so far

After the US CPI inflation reports last week showed signs of inflation pressures easing slightly, it seemed quite straightforward that market players went with selling the dollar as yields dropped and risk trades rallied. But the bond market seemed to have other ideas as yields pulled back up and that was causing a bit of a rethink ahead of the weekend.

10-year Treasury yields moved up to contest the 100-day moving average once again as bonds were offered and that saw gains in equities tempered while dollar weakness was also more measured, all things considered.

As yields propped higher, USD/JPY even recovered from a low of 131.73 to trade at around 133.22 at the moment. The high today hit 133.49 and that nearly halves the drop from the US CPI data on Wednesday. Either way, the pair remains caught between key technical levels as outlined before, so nothing much has changed.

US 1o-Year Treasuries H1 Chart – Retesting the 200 SMA

Will the decline continue?

But essentially, the bond market is in charge right now. For now, US stocks are on the rise as Treasuries decline, and so are dollar pairs in general. The greenback is a little mixed but it doesn’t look like traders are getting too carried away after the early technical push after the US CPI data. There won’t be much else to influence proceedings before the weekend so the look and feel in the bond market might be the key driver for dollar and risk sentiment in the sessions ahead.

 

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Skerdian Meta Lead Analyst. Skerdian is a professional Forex trader and a market analyst. He has been actively engaged in market analysis for the past 11 years. Before becoming our head analyst, Skerdian served as a trader and market analyst in Saxo Bank's local branch, Aksioner. Skerdian specialized in experimenting with developing models and hands-on trading. Skerdian has a masters degree in finance and investment.

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